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At the Tokyo Game Show 2015 convention, Capcom announced that their upcoming Monster Hunter Stories RPG for the Nintendo 3DS will also receive an anime adaptation airing on Fuji TV in 2016. The story of both the anime and the game will focus on "m...

Special TV program to air on September 29 with 'latest information' about franchise This year's 43rd issue of Shogakukan's Weekly Shonen Sunday magazine is announcing on Wednesday that Shinobu Ohtaka's Magi - The Labyrinth of Magic manga has ended...

In the recent Tokyo Game Show 2015, CAPCOM has announced that its Ace Attorney Game Franchise will now have a TV Anime series. The anime series will hit the small screen in April 2016. In addition to the new TV anime series, the company also revea...

An early look at the cover of Weekly Shonen Sunday has aligned with fans' hope that the teased announcement was news of an anime adaptation. Kotoyama's 2014 sweets cooking comedy follows a young would-be manga author, who meets a strange girl who ...

Last night it was announced that the popular video game franchise Ace Attorney would be getting an anime adaption that will be airing in April 2016. The news was revealed at a Tokyo Game Show event and passed along on the official Japanese Ace Att...

It's a good time to be a fan of Resident Evil, both the classic survival-horror style AND the action style. In fact, this year at Tokyo Game Show, Capcom has more than enough zombie fun on offer to satiate the appetites of both types of fan, with ...

It has been revealed that the 12th and final episode of the GATE (Gate: Jieitai Kanochi nite, Kaku Tatakaeri) anime announced on Saturday that the series will continue with a second cour (quarter of the year) in January, 2016.

After the success of Sword Art Online: Infinity Moment, Hollow Fragment, and Lost Song, Bandai Namco Games has announced a fourth addition to the franchise during the Tokyo Game Show, which has tentatively been titled Sword Art Online IV, or SAO IV.

This year's Tokyo Game Show has continued to deliver as Koei Tecmo's Shingeki no Kyojin game gets an awe-inspiring demo, giving potential buyers a closer look at the titan-felling gameplay and high-speed mechanics of the franchise's 3D maneuver ge...

Making adaptations is tricky! Fans get upset if things are different. Koei Tecmo has a workaround: Don't change stuff! At least, in the first game. The upcoming Attack on Titan game comes as the Japanese film industry's take on the popular manga h...

FUNimation last talked about the Tokyo Ghoul collector's edition release back in July when we got the breakdown of what the packaging would look like, which you can see below. Now they've made a change to the release by cancelling it due to a prod...

Gou faces off against Banno in a final battle between father and son, while Shinnosuke, Heart, and Medic race to stop the Sigma Circular Zigg's Thoughts This episode would be super bizarre under any circumstances, but that oddness is amplified by ...

Star Fox Zero, the upcoming Wii U title that is being developed by PlatinumGames, was initially announced as a Winter 2015 release but Nintendo announced via Twitter that it will release in Spring 2016.

Our first video demo of the DX Ghost Driver has hit the web, let's henshin and check it out! The DX Ghost Driver will be avalaible for purchase sometime in October with a retail price of 7,980 yen. Three Eyecons are demonstrated in the video: Ore,...

The manga about making a manga, Bakuman, is getting a live-action movie adaptation and it will be premiering in Japan next month. TOHO Cinemas has aired not one, not two, but four new TV ads for the movie, and each one is narrated by a legendary s...

And the prayers of the world destroyer fans have been answered as Bandai Tamashii's main pickup page has revealed a dimension hoping surprise. And yes, it's all Decade's fault all over again. Seen in this unveiling is the S.

'金色の少年' (Kin'iro no Shounen) "Golden Boy" Things look bleak for our heroes. Gil-kun's Gags I felt like there was some stretch in this episode, and a few pacing issues-most notably how damn long it took Monster|Gil to swing his sword-but over all, ...

The October 6th, 2015 debut of the Fist of the North Star: Strawberry Flavor series has a new TV spot out to promote it that reminds some fans why they'll hate it and others why it just utterly delights them.

Publisher Ichijinsha has posted a new preview for the fall adaptation of Choborau Nyopomi's Fushigina Somera-chan (aka Magical Somera-chan). The series debuting October 8th is being produced as the third part of "Choborau Nyopomi Theater" followin...

by Matt Schley Be the first of your friends to like this. Posted 9/17/2015 Final Fantasy Adventure, the Game Boy Final Fantasy sidequel that launched the Mana series, is getting a mobile remake, announced Square Enix Thursday.

From Steambot Studios comes the animated work "Urbance," which I first profiled in January of 2013, and have been tracking since. At the time of my last post, plans were for it to eventually become a TV series.

Pacific Rim There's a lot of studio politics in play at the moment between Legendary Pictures and Universal Pictures that stems from some personal aspects of the players involved, which makes it a complicated and rather fluid situation.

The official website of the live-action drama adaptation of Akira Hiramoto's Prison School (Kangoku Gakuen) manga has revealed a brand new visual for the TV drama series, which starts on October 26th. Additionally, the cast member for Jouji "Joe" ...

By Jenni . September 18, 2015 . 11:00am Disgaea 5: Alliance of Vengeance is an installment where all of the main characters are overlords working toward a common goal. Void Dark is conquering and destroying netherworlds, and the leaders are coming...

For someone as busy as him, the leader of the group who is also active as an actor and artist, it might seem like his spa visit was but for stress relief. However, when he came out of the establishment, a woman was holding on to him tightly.

True to recent fan speculation, the anime adaptation of Muv-Luv Schwarzesmarken has been scheduled for January 2016. Along with this, and the launch of the series site, the voice of lead Theodor Eberbach has finally been revealed.

VanillaWare and ATLUS recently released the trailer for the new Odin Sphere: Leifthrasir during Tokyo Game Show 2015. This title will be available on PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, and PlayStation Vita platforms.

Finally, the conclusion to this year's Advice on Manga Series from localizers in the manga industry is here. For a reminder, here are this year's series: And now we have 3 people who have edited manga for a living and have a lot to share about wha...

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